S.T.A.R.S.--Sharing The Art of Rubber Stamping

A Flurry of Snowflake Cards--Part 3

Is it starting to feel a lot like Christmas where you live?  It's starting to feel that way here!  We set up the tree yesterday & I can't wait to get out the rest of the decorations! YEAH!!  If it isn't feeling very Christmassy where you live, hopefully these Felt Flurry Cards will help get you started!  Most of the greetings on these cards are from the Season of Cheer Rub-Ons...I know they are a little difficult to see since they are in a thin font, but I was determined to use them all!

#5--I made these cards after seeing Gwen's cool cards HERE .  I opted to change it to a horizontal card because I already had made a vertical card with the jumbo snowflakes (you'll see it tomorrow) with a somewhat similar layout/feel to it.

       

#6--I lifted the design of this card from one of my World Card Making Day cards, which was a CASE of a card I received in a swap.  You can go view both of these cards HERE.

       

Tomorrow will be my last posting of my Flurry of Snowflake Cards.  I'll also show you the box in a bag purses I made to put these in!  Have a super sweet day!  Erin

A Flurry of Snowflake Cards--Part 2

Here's the second batch of my Ode to Felt Flurries cards!  Enjoy!

#3--I was inspired to make these cards after seeing Tangii Crain's beautiful card HERE.  I used the Stampin' Up! Exclusive Scallop Envelope die for the Sizzix Big Shot!  Fun, Fun!  The little snowflakes on the Baja Tab are from the Season Of Cheer Rub-Ons in the Holiday Mini, as are the Felt Flurries, the Ski Slope DSP, & the Riding Hood Red Striped Ribbon (isn't it delicious?).

     

     

#4--I found this cute design from Andrea Walford's blog HERE.

 

   

After I made the above cards, I felt like there was just a little something missing, so when I made the next set of cards, I stamped some snowflakes from Snow Swirled on the top...just what it needed!  Since I had glued down the snowflakes above, I didn't feel like I could go back and add the stamped snowflakes...wah!

   

I hope you've been enjoying these Felt Flurry Cards & that you've been inspired by these & the originals to make some of your own!  Just don't "accidentally" forget to mail them out & keep them for yourself...I'm saving a set for myself!!  See you tomorrow!  Erin

A Flurry of Snowflake Cards-Part 1 of MANY

What do you get with one package of Felt Flurries, one package of Season of Cheer Rub-ons, two packages of Designer Series Paper (Holiday Treasures & Ski Slope), Yards of Ribbon, Rhinestone Brads, Build-a-Brads, Jumbo Eyelets, lots of Cardstock, & a bajillion Stampin' Dimensionals??  64 Lovingly Hand-Crafted & Unique Christmas Cards!!  I made 8 each of 8 card styles--4 with the Holiday Treasures DSP & 4 with the Ski Slope DSP.  I'm going to show you an upclose version of each style in each DSP & then a grouping of all 4...with slightly different snowflakes & rub-on greetings (for some of them).  I'm going to spread them out over the next couple of days or else this posting would be ginormous!!  Some cards were more labor intensive than others, so I'll try to show one involved card & one simpler card each day until we are done.

Remember:  You can click on any of the images to see a larger image.

#1:  These cards was inspired by a scrapbook element that Nancy Kliewer used on her page HERE.  I used the Sizzix Big Shot with my Top Note Die to punch these out!  FUN & QUICK!

   

   

 

 

#2--I don't think these were directly inspired by anyone specifically; hence the simplicity!

   

 

I hope you enjoyed these & that you finally will crack open that box of Felt Flurries you've been hoarding (you know who you are!) and use them to make some fun cards!

Don't forget about the FABULOUS Holiday Extravaganza Sale that Stampin' Up! is offering now until Monday, December 1st!  Just go to my website at www.erinblair.stampinup.net and click on SHOP NOW!!  The Bundles are limited, so don't delay! 

See you tomorrow!  Erin

Emergency Birthday Card Kit--Bags---FINALLY!!

 

Sorry for the EXTREME DELAY in getting these posted!  As I told you in my previous post, I was working on these for the Craft Fair I was going to be in last Saturday...well, my hubby got called into work on Saturday, so I couldn't go...WAH!!  I was really disappointed...I had made all sorts of stuff to sell, I was looking forward to sharing my love of Stampin' Up!, & I was REALLY, REALLY needing some KID FREE TIME!!  Instead, I spent the day cleaning the house...fun times!  Actually, the reason I was cleaning up was that one of my very best friends from high school was driving up from Dallas to visit in the afternoon.  She was going to meet up with me at the craft fair...unbeknownst to me, she had planned to have our other best friend fly in to surprise me!!  So, even though the day started out pretty bad, it ended up with me at The Cheesecake Factory with my two best friends (and 6 kids...which was only half of our total of children between the three of us!)  Thanks Juliannne & Melissa!!

   

The next day after church, we went out to Earl's Rib Palace with 2 of our other friends from high school James & Alyson (who later married and just happen to live in the same general area as I do!)...yummy lunch & great visiting!!  Thanks guys!

Okay, I digress, back to why I haven't posted...friends visiting, homeschooling, & getting ready for today...Thanksgiving!!  Sorry!!  I do have lots of ammo for you to see, so there shouldn't be anymore week long absences!  Here are a couple more "glamour shots" of the bags & tags, and a little how to instructions for my one sheet wonder bag!

       

For the bag, you'll need one 12x12 sheet of DSP.  This is a modified "2-4-6-8" bag & a mini version of the bag that Brent Steele showed at convention all squished into one.

SCORING:

On one side, score at 3 3/4, 5 3/4, 9 1/2 and 11 1/2.

Rotate and score at 1 3/4 for the top edge that will be folded down and then score at 9 1/4 for the bottom flaps (or if it's easier just completely rotate & score at 2 3/4 from the opposite end for the bottom flaps.)

The multi-colored dots will be the outside of my bag & the old olive dots will be the inside.

  CUTTING:

From the bottom of the bag, cut on score lines up to the horizontal score line at 2 3/4, with the exception of the last 1/2 inch section, you will trim it off as shown in the picture.

You will also need to trim off 3/4 of an inch on the two wider bottom flaps...if you don't cut it, you won't be able to fold in the flaps.  Please see the next picture.

FOLDING:

Fold on all scored lines, using your bone folder to get nice, flat folds.

 ADHESIVE:  If you cross your eyes just right, you can see where I put the adhesive on the bottom flaps!  :)  I used both SNAIL (aka Monoadhesive) and Sticky Strip.  I put SNAIL on the bottom flaps, with the exception of the two larger flaps, I also used Sticky Strip. The piece with 3 pieces of Sticky Strip is the last flap I will be attaching & it's the same piece that has my name & info stamped on it on the reverse side in the next photo.  I put SNAIL down the outside edges of the top flap & folded it down.  I used Sticky Strip down the side, as seen in the next photo...after I folded down the top.

JUMBO EYELETS & RIBBON:  You will want to do your eyelets & ribbon handles while it's still flat.  When I made the first one, I made the box/bag first & then tried to do the eyelets & ribbon and it was a little tricky.

TO ASSEMBLE:  Once you have scored, cut, adhesed, eyeletted, & ribbonned (are those real words?  Probably not, just sounded fun!), you are ready to put the box together.  I took the sticky strip off the side & put the sides together first.  Then fold in the bottom 2 side pieces being mindful of which flap has the adhesive on it.  You will want to fold in the flap that DOES NOT have adhesive on it first!  (I found this out the hard way!  If this happens to you, too, just a cut a piece of paper or cardstock to place inside the bag to cover the bottom of the bag. :)  )  I used my ruler to stick down the inside of the bag to help make sure the flaps were attached.

 

And here you go! 

Note:  On the striped bag, I thought the reverse dot print was to "LOUD" next to the stripes, so I just cut a piece of Taken With Teal Card Stock & attached it to the folded down front sections.

FYI:  After I tied the ribbon in a knot on the inside, I used a Pop-Up Glue Dot to keep the ribbon flap down.  I tried Sticky Strip, but the ribbon didn't stay stuck.

Let me know if you have any questions...Erin

PS...Since I didn't get to sell my goodies at the Craft Fair, I'm having my own Christmas Open House this next Tuesday, December 2nd from 7-9pm.  So if you are in the greater OKC area, I'd love for you to come by.  PLease let me know if you are coming, so I can give you directions & so that I'll have enough materials prepared for the projects we will be making.

PPS...Stampin' Up! is offering a FANTABULOUS Christmas Extravaganza Sale.  Go to my website at www.erinblair.staminup.net right now & click on "SHOP NOW".  The discounted product bundles are limited, so you will won't to act NOW!!

Emergency Birthday Card Kit--Part 2

Here is the other set of cards I made for my Emergency Card Kit.  Please scroll down for more cards & my sources of inspiration!  (Thanks Andrea & Dannie!) 

 

Tomorrow I'll show you the cute bags I made for these cards to go in!  Have a great day!  Erin

Emergency Birthday Card Kit

I've seen this idea floating around for quite awhile, purchased the Confetti Simply Scrappin' Kits specifically to make the cards & package them up, and then they just sat & sat & sat!!  I'm participating in a Gift & Craft show this Saturday & wanted to try my hand at selling some of my hand-crafted creations, so I thought the Emergency Birthday Card Kit idea was a great fit.  I was mostly inspired by Andrea Walford HERE and Dannie Graves HERE --some were direct copies of their beautiful artwork & some were springboards & one or two of them were my own actual ideas...GASP!!   So go check out their cute cards.  Although the Confetti Simply Scrappin' Kit is no longer available, you could apply the same concept to the current "Best Ever" Simply Scrappin' Kit.

I had 2 Confetti Simply Scrappin' Kits and made SIXTY-FOUR cards!!  Woo-Hoo! Although I DO want these to sell, if they don't I will be stocked with Bday Cards for the next year or two!  I made 2 different sets of 8 cards and made 4 of each set.  Today I'll show you the first set & tomorrow I'll show you the next set.  I don't have the specific directions for these cards, but they are pretty easy to figure out.  But, if you have a question, please let me know!

   

Aren't these just super fun??  And sooo easy!  See you tomorrow!  Erin

Quick & Classy Christmas Cards: "I Wish" Simply Scrappin' Kit--Part 4

Here's the last installment of the cards that I made from the "I Wish" Simply Scrappin' Kit.  I love that the Simply Scrappin' Kits are so versatile.  Maybe they should be called the Perfect Paper Craftin' Kit instead!  I think lots of people overlook these kits because they aren't scrapbookers, so if that's you, YOU NEED to check out these kits & imagine the possibilities!

   

I hope that you have enjoyed these cards!  If you are interested in the handout I made for my class, just leave me a comment or send me an email, I'd be happy to send it your way!  These cards are sooo easy to make, but a little guidance & measurements sure makes it even easier!!

Have a fabulous weekend!   Erin

PS...Attention Oklahoma City Metro Area Stampin' Friends:  Next Saturday, November 22nd, from 9:30am-2:30pm, I will have a table at the Holiday Happenings Gift & Craft Show at the Covenant Life Assembly Activiy Center on 207 S. Howard in Moore, OK (SW 1st St. & Howard--North East from the Moore Library).  I hope to see you there!

Quick & Classy Christmas Cards: "I Wish" Simply Scrappin' Kit--Part 3

Here's the 3rd installment of the cards I made using the "I Wish" Simply Scrappin' Kit.  These cards measure 3x6 when finished.

         

Hmmm?  Do these look a little familiar to you??  They should if you have already seen my other cards from this kit.  I told you I like to keep things simple...I used the same card designs on my 3x6 cards as I did on my 4x4 cards...just stretched them a little.  I think it worked out just fine!

Tomorrow I'll have the last installment of the cards that I made from this kit...I only used one kit to make both sets of cards!! And I still have some DSP & Adhesive die cuts, so maybe I'll have to make some cute bags/boxes to put these cards in!  Enjoy...Erin

Quick & Classy Christmas Cards: I Wish Simply Scrappin' Kit--Part 2

Here are the other sets of 4x4 cards that I made for my class that was supposed to be last night!  Enjoy!

       

I hope you enjoyed these. They were VERY easy to make!!  Let me know if you have any questions.  Tomorrow, I'll post some of the 3x6 cards I made.  Fun!!  Erin

Quick & Classy Christmas Cards--"I Wish" Simply Scrappin' Kit

This post was supposed to show some of the cool cards we made tonight at my Quick & Classy Christmas Card Class featuring the "I Wish" Simply Scrappin' Kit....BUT, unfortunately, everyone else in the Stampin' Up! world is also using the "I Wish" Simply Scrappin' Kit, and they are backordered...boo-hoo!  I really hated to have to call my customers to postpone the class, BUT this is the first time in my almost 10 years as a demonstrator that this has happened...thank goodness.  Thankfully, I made the cards a couple of weeks ago, so I can still share with some of the cards I made that we would have been making tonight!  Whew!

I LOVE the "I Wish" Simply Scrappin' Kit, and after seeing Patty Bennett's cool idea for the "Tie the Knot" Simply Scrappin' Kit as shown HERE, I knew that I could apply the same principles to this kit...as I also did for the Summer Days Simply Scrappin' Kit that you can see HERE and HERE .  I am offering my class attendees two options:  4x4 or 3x6.  I'll be showing you the first 2 sets of 4x4 cards today.  One of my philosophies is "when you find a card layout you like, use it & use it & use it!?  So you will notice that each set of cards is the same layout with different cardstock, DSP, ribbon & adhesive die cuts.  It definitely helps things to go more smoothly in a class!

     

I hope you enjoyed these, I'll have the other 4x4 cards to show you tomorrow!  Remember, you don't need a special envelope for these because they fit nicely into Stampin' Up!'s medium envelopes (Or a standard invitation size envelope if you are getting them elsewhere!)  See you tomorrow!  Erin